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| Wupatki National Monument, located southeast of the Grand Canyon, contains ruins of the Ancestral Puebloans. |
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| The multi-story pueblo dwelling here consisted of over 100 rooms. It is estimated 2,000 people moved here in the 11th century to farm the rich soil after the eruption of Sunset Crater in 1085. By 1225, the settlement was abandoned. |
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| A ball court was built during that time to play a game similar to one played in Mayan territories. |
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| Sunset Crater is a cinder cone located south of Wupatki. |
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| Sunset Crater was made a national monument by Herbert Hoover to prevent it from being blown up to create an Avalanche effect in a movie. |
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